It was just the detonator that went off, I believe.

The “Zirkus Rosarius” wwitas a special squadron within the WW2 Luftwaffe that tested captured airframes.

But Rosarius was not the only unit flying Spitfires within the German system and there were more than two captured Spitfires flying for them anyway – the link you gave has at least five different aircraft (EN830, a Spitfire Vb converted to use a DB605 engine, is there three times as CJ+ZY and wouldn’t have been a part of the Zirkus).

There were lots of Spitfires captured through engine problems or battle damage and the best place to see and find information on them is http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/, but the subject has been covered here before – http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?60343-Spitfires-in-WWII-Germany

Well, in that post, definitely were.

Ok, if you say so.

Ahem. Were. Were friends and colleagues…

If it can slither/climb like a snake it can go anywhere,or maybe small wings enough to flap about obstacles 🙂

There was one report that said it had been seen crawling back into the water across the road on the east-side of the Loch.

So you don’t think something could swim up/down the lock system.

Fish, yes. Something that wasn’t a fish and was larger than a fish…no.
The canal would be difficult to transverse without being seen due to the seven locks between the loch and the sea, and the creature would need to be very patient and determined, knowing what it needed to do and when to makes its move.
The river would also be difficult; it is shallow along most of its length, knee deep in the low season at its deepest, and there are also two weirs to navigate. Salmon can get through since the fish channels were designed for their transit, but a larger ‘monster’ whose head might be the size of a salmon (I mean, who knows?) would have great difficulty.

But its dead – there hasn’t been a reported sighting of Nessie for 18 months… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-26081992

My last question might well be rhetorical, but is in reference to the fact that supposedly sane men have fallen out/declared a handbag war/want to scratch each others eyes out about a subject that can have no answer if left alone, might never have an answer no matter how far down or where they dig, and certainly doesn’t have an answer at the moment – and I had nothing to do with it! I never posted posted on the thread, or the other thread, and it is just a waste of effort to try reading any of it (although, believe me, I tried for just two of them). Reading some of the posts, it is amazing how some people think offering advice won’t ignite the blue touchpaper again!

I take it all back: threaten to ban for life anyone who has posted on that thread, taken the initial ban and probation – and survived both – but who mention Burma/Spitfire/digging in any context, in any combination, ever.